Tornado Warning 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
535 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 1988

...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TIL 11PM CDT...

AT 529 PM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...20 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN...AND ALSO 30 MILES SOUTH OF
DEVILS LAKE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL
LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
STRIKES.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...WHILE SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS LINGERED OVER PARTS OF
NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF NORTH DAKOTA.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
635 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR
   A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND
   WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

AT 625 PM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING
INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MAINLY OVER
GRIGGS AND BARNES COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FROM NEAR VALLEY
CITY NORTHWARD THROUGH THE HANNAFORD...COOPERSTOWN...MC VILLE AND ANETA
AREAS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD
MOVE INTO WESTERN GRAND FORKS...EASTERN NELSON AND STEELE COUNTIES
BETWEEN 7PM AND 730 PM. SO FAR...THESE INTENSE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED VERY
HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THEY PASS THROUGH.

OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA MAINLY OVER A 75 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF DEVILS
LAKE TO NEAR THE NORTH DAKOTA/SOUTH DAKOTA STATE LINE SOUTH OF ELLENDALE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND
PERSON OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE ALERT FORN RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER
APPROACHES.
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STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
800 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 1988

TIME      EVENT
650 PM    15 MILES NORTH OF ELLENDALE NORTH DAKOTA OBSERVER REPORTED
          GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

645 PM    4 MILES WEST OF FINLEY NORTH DAKOTA IN WESTERN STEELE COUNTY
          REPORT OF PEA SIZE HAIL, VERY HEAVY RAIN AND 45 MPH WIND.

652 PM    WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL, .60 INCH OF RAIN
          IN 20 MINUTES 4 MILES EAST OF EDGELEY NORTH DAKOTA IN SOUTHERN
          LA MOURE COUNTY.

725 PM    8 TO 9 MILES NORTH OF ELLENDALE NORTH DAKOTA WEATHER OBSERVER
          REPORTED 3 INCH DIAMETER HAIL.

732 PM    STATE POLICE REPORTED 4 AND ONE/HALF INCH HAIL OR (SOFTBALL
          SIZE HAIL 5 MILES WEST OF FULLERTON NORTH DAKOTA.
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STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
920 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 1988

TIME      EVENT
736 PM    3 MILES NORTH OF AND 2 MILES SOUTH OF MANANGO NORTH DAKOTA
          3 TO 4 AND ONE/HALF INCH HAIL (SOFTBALL SIZE), TORRENTIAL
          RAIN. SEVERE DAMAGE TO CARS, HOUSES, AND VARIOUS BUILDINGS.
          HAILSTONES WEIGHED 8 ONCES. DICKEY COUNTY NORTH DAKOTA.

825 PM   CO OP HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED 50 TO 60 MPH WIND AND VERY
         HEAVY
 RAIN IN LISBON NORTH DAKOTA IN RANSOM COUNTY.

902 PM   FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED FROM HECTOR AIRPORT IN FARGO 20 MILES
         NORTH OR 4 MILES WEST OF GARDNER NORTH DAKOTA IN NORTHEAST
         CASS COUNTY.
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STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
955 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 1988

TIME      EVENT
936 PM    DEPUTY SHERIFF OF NORMAN COUNTY OF MINNESOTA REPORTED A
          FUNNEL CLOUD 2 MILES WEST OF HENDRUM IN EXTREME WESTERN
          NORMAN COUNTY.

940 PM    EVAC SPOTTER 30 MILES NORTH OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA ON THE
          RED RIVER EAST OF GRANDIN NORTH DAKOTA, TORNADO ON THE
          GROUND. (SAME REPORT AS ABOVE).

940 PM    CASS COUNTY S4HERIFF REPORTED STRONG WIND AND VERY HEAVY
          RAIN AT HARWOOD NORTH DAKOTA. (EASTERN CASS COUNTY)

945 PM    OBSERVER AT CASSELTON NORTH DAKOTA IN CENTRAL CASS COUNTY
          REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN.
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